Once Upon a Time of Transition: Fourteen Exercises in Political Thought - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1680539264 ISBN 13 : 9781680539264

Editeur : Academica Press, 2021

Synopsis

Once Upon a Time of Transition is a journey through four decades in the career of a Czech dissident and diplomat reflecting on transitions from the 20th to the 21st century. A meaningful contribution to on-going public debates, and to a better understanding of our current political situation, Ambassador Martin Palous explores the uncertain territory between philosophy and politics. Directly or indirectly, his texts were inspired by three great Central European thinkers of the 20th century, Hannah Arendt, Jan Patočka and Eric Voegelin. At stake is the classical Socratic question concerning the "common good" that they all raised in their investigations of the human condition -- the question that Aristotle held to direct all our actions whether we adhere to some form of metaphysics or theology, or subscribe to the post-modern nihilism so fashionable these days.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martin Palous is the ex-Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Czech Republic. He presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 11 September 2006. Palous is married to Pavla Palousová and they have two children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academica Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1680539264
• ISBN 13: 9781680539264
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 158
• Éditeur: Palouš Martin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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